Distance-recorder for automobiles and other vehicles.



0. SGHULZE & B. SEIGNOL.

DISTANCE RECORDER FOR AUTOMOBILES AND OTHER VEHICLES.

APPLICATION FILED OUT. 6, 1911.

1,058,910. Patented Apr. 15, 1913.

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DISTANCE RECORDER FOR AUTOMOBILES AND OTHER VEHICLES.

APPLICATION FILED 001:. 6, 1911.

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0. SGHULZB & E. SEIGNOL. DISTANCE RECORDER FOR AUTOMOBILES AND OTHER VEHICLES.

APPLICATION FILED 001. 6, 1911.

1,058,910. Patented Apr. 15,1913.

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APPLICATION FILED OCT. 6, 1911.

Patentgd Apr; 15, 1913.

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o'r'ro scn'ULzE, or STBASSBUBG, GERMANY, AND EDOUARD SEIGNOL, or PARIS,

FRANCE.

ms'rA vcE-REcoRnER EoR AUTOMOBILES AND OTHER vEnIcEEs.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 15, 1913.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, Orro SoHULzE and EDOUARD SEIGNOL, a subject of the Emperor of Germany and a'citizen of, the Republic of France, respectively, and residing at Stra ssburg, Germany, and Paris, France,

hicles, publicconveyances, or for transport purposes etc; ,It is intact very important -.to control the drivers of those vehicles, which can move at excessive speeds, for example inorder to makeup. for any unauthorized delay, for too prolonged stops during'their difierent journeys, etc.

spaces equal and Many'kinds of'recording registers for the above pur se are known; The apparatus those ap aratus; ,itis simple, strong, easily "1 read an its'records cannot be fraudulently describedelow remedies various faults in altered." 'It consists essentially in two parts quite; ,7 distinct: 1. A clockwork device to which is attached asheet of paper displaced by a uniform straight or rotary movement; and divided-up into spaces representing hours and fraction of hours. 2. A markin' mechanism comprising a -dottin style-t at has a double movement when't e vehicle is in motion... This double movement consists in an alternating to and fro. or-upandf'down 5 displacement perpendicular to the axis of the dotting style, the amplitude of 'which is ropo'rtional to a predetermined distance, V a .the dotting style is obtained in the follow- ;ing manner: All transmission mechanism controlled by the vehicle turns the spindle 0 art of the a parailometer for example, and in an intermittent reci rocating movement of the dot ting' 'style, a on its axis. It follows that on the paper, w ichisj-{move'd uniformly, is

traced a zigzag line formed of points with I roportional to the distances traveled; the line is interrupted with lengths proportional to the duration of the stoppages;-

;-The following description with. reference to the accompanying drawings, will explain the characteristics-and advantages of the recorder. Q

. In thedra mgs, Figure 1 is a .face view I sured The. dotting style arrangement M is op.-

of the recorder; Fig. 2 is a sectional view of the apparatus; Figs. 3 and 4 are details showing the mechanism and operation of the dotting style, Fig. 3 being a section on the line 33, Fig. 4. Fig. 5 1s a section of "the mechanism shown in Fig. 3 on the line 5 --5, Fig. 6 shows a graduated (parchmentlike paper disk for registering iagrams.

This apparatus registers a diagram on the parchment like paper disk A suitably graduated. In the model described hereafter, the disk is arran ed for 15 hours; it can of course be adapted for any number of hours; On this disk are traced two circles, the outer one of 140 millimeters diameter, the inner one of 95 millimeters, for example This disk divided into spaces representing-.15

hours, whichspaces are themselves sub-divided into spaces of half hours, quarter hours and five minutes. It is mounted on a clockwork device A regulated so that the membersupportin the disk makes one complete turn in 15 ours. The disk is fixed to the. clockwork device, for example, by

means of a flat rin a, rovided with two notchesto allow 0 its eing acted on by two milled screws l, m so as to ring as also the disk, after it has een subjected to an angular displacement, against the lateral face or rim of a wheel n, loosely but frictionally mounted on the axis of the clock of the clockwork device.

ner'the disk can be easily adjusted with re- In this manspect to the clock and with respect to the dotting style, while its uniform rive is as y the clockwork device.

positethe part ofthe disk that is divided into hours.

The alternating to and fromovement of situated at the lower ms, at a suitable spec This spin 1e, by

The worm has two superposed threaded portions and actuates the worm wheel 9 mountledon" spindle i to which is fixed the heart shaped cam h, embraced by two rollers 0 and p mounted on thesupport or, slide Z carrying the dotting style or pointer and ress the controlled in a positive manner and its op- -constantly returned by spring w, executes a to and fro movementend strikes the recordwhich is formed of points veryclose towhich slides on two rods j, is. The support is thus shifted by the cam and executes a to and fro movement which is imparted to the style; the paths of the to and fro movement of the said slide may corres 0nd each to a kilometer for example. ItWlll be seen that the support of the style is thus eration cannot in any way be upsetby the jolts and shakings of the vehicle on which the apparatus is placed.

Ihe dotting style device is constituted in theffollowing manner on the upper part ti'fthe endless screw 6 is arranged a finger 1 which at each of its revolutions acts on a lever 1". (See Fig. 5.) This lever is attached to a spindle r on which is fixed a shutter or pallet s, constituted by a steel blade provided with counterweight s which in: creases its action- At each turn of the worm e the pallet s is pushed back under the action of the parts f, r, is released and strikes the head of the style, under the action of a returning spring t. In this way the style N, which is ing'paper at each release or the pallet The disk for the diagram is held in position on the outside by a caoutchouc roller u, the pressure of which on the disk is assured by the spring '0. i This roller mounted on the support '0 can pivdt on the rod e for putting in place the disk diagram and serves at the same time as an elastic support for putting the style into a starting position. The alternating displacement of the style along the rods 3' is combined with reciprocating axial movement, determines the marking of a point at the desired spot every 25 meters traversed on the disk diagram, which turn under the clockwork mechanism, and the path traveled by the vehicle is clearly recorded at the precise moment whenit has been traversed. A zig-zag line it is obtained,

gether' with equal spaces between proportional tothe distances traversed, and is interrupted along arcs of a circle the length of which is proportional to the duration of the stoppage, such as for instance that 'between the points z and j, which represent a stplpk of about half an hour.

I forming the diagram of the parchment-like paper by the blows of the style, the surface of the paper is damaged or marked'which renders impossible the fradulent alteration of the recorded diagram.

Instead of a rotating disk, a roll of paper suit-ably graduated and winding oil and on to two clockwork driven rollers may be employed, the paper band may be arranged to unroll, uniformly, opposite the style so as to allow of a'verylong period, for instance As to the kilometer counter a: it is controlled directly by the worm e which meshes with the worm wheel 3 said invention and the best means we know of carrying the same into practical effect, we claim 1. Distance recording apparatus for vehicles, comprising a clock-work mechanism, a record-receiving sheet, carrier driven at constant speed by said clock-work, and recording-means actuated by the vehicle, said means comprising a dotting style, means for reciprocating said style to and fro across said sheet transversely to the direction of movement ofsaid sheet, the amplitude of the reciprocation being proportional to a predetermined unit of distance traveled by the vehicle, said means comprising a reciprocating slide carrying the stylus and a heart-shaped cam for reciprocating said slide driven by said vehicle, and means for intermittently reciprocatin said style toward and away fromsai sheet, whereby the distance traveled and which line is interrupted with spaces proportional to the duration of the stoppages.

2. Distance recording apparatus for vehicles, comprising a clock-work mechanism,

constant speed by said clock-work, and recording-means actuated b the vehicle, said means comprising a dotting style, a recipstituting a guide and slide-way for said stylus carrier, a heart-shaped cam adapted to provide a uniform motion of said stylus carrier proportional to the distance traveled by the vehicle, a sprin projected striker adapted to strike the en of said stylus, an arm on said striker and a cam actuated by the vehicle adapted to intermittently release said striker to strike said stylus and project it into engagement with a disk record sheet on said disk carrier, whereby said style traces on the sheet a zig-zag line formed of separated points proportional to the distance traveled and which line is interru ted with spaces proportional to the duration of the stoppages.

3. Distance recording apparatus for vehicles, comprising a clock-work mechanism, a record-receiving disk carrier driven at constant speed by said clock-work, and recording-means actuated b the vehicle, said means comprisin -a-dott1ng style,. a recipstituting a guide and slide-way for said to provide a uniform motlon of said stylus carrier proportional to the distance traveled eight days, being recorded.

a gear driving said cam driven by saidshaft,

said style traces on the sheet a zigzag line. formed of separated points proportional to rocatory-carrier or said style, two rods con stylus carrier, 'a heart-she ed cam adapted.

Having thus described the nature of our a record-receiving disk carrier driven at rocatory-carrier for said style, two rods conby the vehicle, a shaft driven by the vehicle,-

a spring projected striker adapted to strikethe end of said stylus, an arm. on said striker and a cam actuated by the vehicle adapted to intermittently release said striker to strike said stylus and project it into engagement with a disk record sheet on said disk carrier, whereby said style traces on the sheet a zig-zagline formed of separated points proportional to the distance traveled and which line is interru ted with spaces proportional to the duration of the stoppages. 7 Q p 4. Distance recording apparatus for ve hicles, comprising a clock-work mechanism, a record-receiving disk carrier driven at constant speed by said clock-work, and recording-means actuated by the vehicle, said means comprising a dottin style, a reciprocatory-carrler for said sty e, two rods constituting a guide and slide-way for said stylus carrier, a heart-shaped cam adapted to provide a uniform motion of said stylus carrier proportional to the, distance traveled by the vehicle, a shaft driven by the vehicle, a gear driving said cam driven by said shaft, a spring rogected striker adapted to strike the end 0 said stylus, an arm on said striker and a cam actuated by the vehicle adapted to intermittently release said striker to strike said stylus and project it into engagement with a disk record sheet on said disk carrier, whereby said style traces on the sheet a zig-zag line formed of separated points proportional to thedistance traveled and which line is interrupted with spaces proportional to the duration of the stoppages, and' an elastic abutment adaptedto.

press on a record sheetopposite the point where said stylus'is adapted to strike the sheet.

In witness whereof, we have hereunto signed our names in the presence of two subscribing witnesses. y

OTTO SCHULZE. EDOUARD SEIGNOL.

Witnesses as to the signature of Otto Schulze:

PAUL CHRISTIAN,

.ANToN Pnonssnx. Witnesses as to the signature of Edouard Seignolf DEAN B. MASON,

GABRIEL BELLUARD. 

